On the recordFebruary 26, 2003
as we have for the past 3 weeks, my Republican colleagues, as we can see from the Chamber now, and I have stood ready to debate the Estrada nomination. Few of our Democrat colleagues have been present tonight, although we clearly stand ready to vote on this nomination. It appears that most of our colleagues in the minority are prepared neither to debate nor to vote on Miguel Estrada. Tonight my colleagues have shed light on the immense reaction from newspapers all over the country to the obstruction of this nomination. Tonight my colleagues have shed light on the fact that the peculiar and truly unprecedented obstruction the minority is pursuing is founded upon a double standard which is being applied to this particular nominee. Tonight we have made clear once again that obstruction is being played out in the Senate by a minority that appears far from the mainstream of opinion throughout this country.
Source
govinfo.gov
